1972: W. Michael Jarema served in Western Samoa in Apia beginning in 1972
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1972: W. Michael Jarema served in Western Samoa in Apia beginning in 1972
1972: W. Michael Jarema served in Western Samoa in Apia beginning in 1972
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer W. Michael Jarema can be contacted at maltjakeafirstondcom
Country of Service: Western Samoa
Training Group: 10, I think.
Cities you served in: Apia
Arrival Year: '72,
Departure Year: '74
Work Description:
Education
Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
Uganda, #10 '72 - '72 - Education
Fiji, #10 '74 - '96 - Public Relations
Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
I continued working in Fiji from 1976 - 1996 under a variety of local contracts and my own businesses. I went as a single guy and returned married with 8 children. We moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where (big families are the norm)and life has been very good to us. My wife Elizabeth (from Fiji) and I miss the excitement of living overseas and look forward to the next opportunity to take us there.
Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
The world and the Peace Corps has changed a great deal in the last 40 years, however I'm sure the richness of the experience is still as thrilling and memorable today as it was in my time.
Any message for returned volunteers?:
Keeping in touch with everyone was always difficult and I've lost touch with most if not all of my past RPCV's. However, with the Internet I can't beleive how easy it is and how I may once again be able to get back in touch with many of them. Thanks for the opportunity.
Originally posted: October 23, 2004
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I am looking for a Peace Corp volunteer nick name Chuck. I don't know his real name. He was stationed in Nabouwalu, Bua the island of Vanua Levu in the Fiji Islands somewhere around 1970 - 1974. Can't remember much what he was doing there but he was a good friend of my dad Dan Cavu and the first white man I ever saw. I would really love to see or talk to him again.
Please contact me.
I have come across a Mike Jarema who has spent time in Fiji during the late 70's...Im looking for a M.Jarema who may have spent time associated with the University Of South Pacific in one way or another.
I am the son of 'Ronald Ziru'(from the Solomon Islands)who was an old friend of a M.Jarema, and talks of his days in medical school riding with a Mike on his motor bike.
He has felt so attached to his so called white brother that his last son is named after a Mike Jarema.
Should this be a dead end,I would appreciate any other help if available. Thanks
I knew Mike Jarema in Apia in 1972 -74. I fondly remember him as a pro pizza- maker whirling a circle of dough like a flying saucer above his head in my kitchen. Mike used to stop in when he went snorkeling and spear-fishing (I think) in Palolo Deep right in front of my house in the village of Matautatai. I returned to Canada in 1974 and was immediately posted to Port Harcourt, Nigeria. That same year Mike went to Fiji, and we lost touch…
William(Bill) Emigh in Victoria, British Columbia,. March, 2022 in my 89th year - delighted to find out that Mike and Elizabeth have eight children - lucky Kids!
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By Antonio Muliaga (110.174.56.99) on Sunday, January 07, 2024 - 12:21 am: Edit Post |
Hey,
I'm on the search for my mother's father who was in the peace corps during 1970-1974. His name was Robert Charles Manor. Do you have any memories of that name or know of anyone that I may contact to gather information. Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.